§ 19. Mr. THOMAS RICHARDSONasked the Home Secretary if he is now able to state the decision of the Law Officers of the Crown on the question submitted to them on 5th August, which related to the grounds on which the Home Office refuses its consent to the decision of the standing joint committee of the Durham County Council to pay Police-constable J. Welsh, after ten years and eleven months' service in the force, a pension according to Scale B of the Police Act, 1890?
§ The SECRETARY of STATE for the HOME DEPARTMENT (Mr. McKenna)I have now received the Law Officers' opinion. They advise that Police-constable Welsh is entitled only to a pension under paragraph (a) of the Scale—that is, to pension equal to fifteen-fiftieths of the pay.